title: Patient co-operation--how can it be improved?
abstract: This paper considers ways of improving patient co-operation. It is divided into two parts. Firstly, communication with the patient (i.e. the child and their parents) and secondly, the use of simple reward charts that are relevant to orthodontics.
authors.affiliation: Chelsea & Westminster Hospital.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Portnoy
mesh_terms: D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000379:methods; D002648:Child; D003142:Communication; D003812:Dentist-Patient Relations; D006801:Humans; D009970:Orthodontics; D009971:Orthodontics, Corrective; D010290:Parents; D010349:Patient Compliance; D011368:Professional-Family Relations; D012054:Reinforcement, Psychology